Method of making photographic cartridges



Dec. 7 1926.

J. G. JONES METHOD OF MAKING PHOTOGRAPHIC CARTRIDGES Filed Dec 4. 1925 1 INVENTOR,

Jolvm/ G. Jones, BY

ATTORNEYS.

OHN

V invention relates to metho c'l ofmak ing 'and'assembling the strip material tohe used in the manufacture of rolls'iofsensr mem s w ImamI somemimmieiimmess. f

Apiilicatjien filedibec ember 451 925 Serial ii i I tizedmaterial;

' It has been customary in such mannfac-, ture to make a wideba'nd,comprising sup port of 'pyroxylin or the, like coated with' photographic emulsion, =then to slitfthis hand into narrow strips jofithe desired width, then to perforate these strips,':ifdesired, and't'ake a la1-ge' roll 0f tl1e desired width to the cartridge assembling station; Where each 1nclividual length was cutoff as needed, either adhesive; When the" a'dhesiv p ygassembledship isw ouridfup.

by hand or by automaticfmeans, andto attach tolit lead strips offithejdesired length by an I have found that economiescan be effected if the wide stripis cutinto the desired; lengths and these lengths connectedflb'yj equally wide stripsfof protective material." A; single splicing operation can be performed "on the wide strip@ in the'" same time that I would be required for-eachjindividual nar-" f row strip since the greater part of -the time required is needednfor the adhesive to dryl Moreover, the material will bepre'pa'redso that no delay Whatever takes-place} at 'thefj time of spooling oirtheffinal cartridge;.fl}f As 1 there may bejas many as sixty narrow'stripsj cut. from a single 'wide'one', the 'savi'ngl is f very considerable Other oh ects andi-ad-V vantageswill appear-hereinafter.{ c. .l

Other obj ectsjand' advantages ofmy inven' T tioni will appear from an inspection of the accompanying description. in whichreference;

is made to the accompanying drawing Whereln, V v l i by two kinds of strip of material-[maybe joined "in alternating sequence ina band;

" Iualreels; V l 7 single cartridge;

e dried Fig. 1 illustrates an arrangementwhere;

g g Fig. 2 showsjsuch a band'being'slit into 7 narrow strips which are rolled into individ- 1material used on a.

one form lof splice for f r .7 then severed halfiof it' constitutingthe tail is fof: protectiyefmaterialsuch as. opaque paper.v 1 These are'succ'essively unrolled for the desired rmeasuredfd-istances and strips of the required length cut ofl:',"a ndfj oined;in

" tr p o m 1 ppea th gh of F roll which; is about to q'uired distance.

I If the cartridges 1- thigh [t e this intended are those for smallmotionjpifcture' 1e. JONES, qr nocnnsrnnpvo'airg ihssrerioamo" rt n-someho PANIYIQOFTROCHESTER, NEW'YORK, n coaronnrronor INEW\YORK.

or pyroxylin -has ij coated it: 'with sensitiveemulsirm, while the other, P,

alternating sequence in a combined bandA it iy p ce ifis sh w y one en 'l a ne reamerasg 'forr instance,;tl1estrips ofzlfilm j niightfbe rfifty f or onehundred, feet long and the 'stripsof paper, might be about fifteen feet. 1 The stripsare spliced together by any" well known adhesive suchas'ar'e ordinarily I used for this: purpose,and-,the-operati0n-of I i pulling, .off thelengths: alternately, measu-r5, "1 'ing, cutting I and"; joining can obviously be I done manuallyyorjby' suitably designed. majchines. Q21 9 For purp'osfewo'f illustration the strip; is

shown in; Fig; 1 as. extended,- but; of course;

inordinary practice it would lee rolledjip, at On'Ceint One largeroll suchas 4 in Fig.1,

2. In this figure;llaficombined band :AiilS: v

' show-n as; being 1 drawn from such a roll "and passed, through i a; series of rotating slitters 5 of aTkn'own type and thus divided intofla seriesfof narrowstrips B which are individually reeled :up'at 6.

7 Such a reel on'alspool fo'rinsstandard perforations 9 in the strips 13'. A long strip of narrow perforated combeginning' with a lead str'ip of." ordinary 7' is shownin Fig. 7 3 asz being unwound and passed throu h a perforatorshown conventionally at 8 VW i'ch .bined material isjfed tojan operator orauto j "matic machine When cartridges' are,to vbej V manufactured and the operator or macn'1ne,' I .7

' lou length, merely winds the material upon suc-ices'sive spools or'reelsuntil the=initial lead of paper is woundlthereon 'The' strip is strip 14 and the other half the lead strip for the next cartridge. The severing tool 1 may jformthe ends of the protective strips in any desired wayas shown at 15.

strip 12, a length of-filni-l3and halfa length L In Fig. 5'the widestrips 1 and2 are joined 1 9 7 an oblique splice 1O anda narroivbiand B with." an oblique splice 11 is shown in F i 6. [This has certain advanta es ar tioularly in reducing breakage in passing around a sharp bend or sprocket. In such long strips as'here are contemplated, the

normal shrinkage, off the material renders it impossible to calculate exactly here the splice will lie With'respe'ct to, sprocket holes and, if the edge gar the material coincides with theregistering edges otuop'posite perforations, ,it makes a place i peculiarly susceptible to bends. and breaks; The oh- 7 lique splice is so inclined as toinsure its not passing through tvvo perforations," the edge of the material cannot coincide with the edge of appertoration and the spliceipasse's 'a bendingpointgradually instead of abruptly.

I fl laving thus described my. invention; What I I claim as'new and desire to secure by Letters- Pa-tent is f-l. Inthe process Oi manufacturing photo graphic cartridges each comprising a strip of sensitive material With lead-:ai id tail" strips,the steps of assembl ng a WlClG'baHd compr sing alternate strips oisensitive niaban d longitudinally to form narroiv bands: I each comprising alternate strips of sensitivemet-tan and v protective material, severing terial "and tirotective material slittin said i v Z3 7 eaclrnarroiv strip of protective material at an intermediate po nt in its: length; thus dividing the band intofindividual lengths] each 'cor'nprisinga strip-oi sensitiveinaterial I Wltli lead and tail strips;

2. In theiprocess of manufacturing a: photographic *iilni cartridges each comprising jasirip of film with leadand tail strips, the

tized flexible material at intervals, severing l-eng-strip'oi"proteet1ve material oi the steps of assembling a 'vvi'de band comprising 40 alternate strips-of filinfand'protective material, slitting said ba-nd longitudinally toform narrow bands each comprising, alternj'ate strips offilm and protefotivematerial severing each narrow f'st-ri'p of protectivenia terialiat an intermediate pointin'its length thus dividin the ,band 'into' individual lengths'each comprising astrip of film with "lead and tail strips andcoiling said indi 'v dual lengths into film cartridges.

8; Themethod of. assembling strip mate ria-lforiphotographic cartridges that con sists in severing a long, ividestrip 'ofsensn' same Width at intervals equal to the como bined desired lengths'oi the lead and tail ing strip longitudinallyinto bands of the p strips fora single-cartridge, uniting the lengths thus obtained to form a single long 6b 7 strip having alternatelengths of sensitized and i otective material slittin the resultday of November 1925;

lei-Ive. Joana;

1,610,134 r v V p Z Width" desired? for the proposed cartridges and severing each length'ef protective inaterial a tan intermed ate point to torinlead and tail strips, I

4-. The method of 'as seriibling photograph equal'to the desired length for as single cartridg'e, severing along Wide stripot prox ective material ot the same Width at inter? vals equal E the combined desired-lengths the lead'a'nd tail strips for a single car- 1 1 F c or tric ge-uniting the lengths thus: obtained form a single, long strip, having alternate lengthsot sensitized and protectivematerial slitting the resulting strip longitudinally into bands of the vidth desired fo'rthe-pre posed cartridges sever-ingthelengthsof nar-' row protective material an intermediate photographic cartridges. 7

graphic cartridges each comprising a'strip of sensit ve material, with lead and tail ips, the steps of severing obliquely a long wide strip OfSfillSltlZQCl flexiblematerial intervals, severing obl quely a long strip oi protective 'n'iaterial'ot the same Width at:

intervals, uniting the lengths thus obtained to form a single-long strip having alternate lengths 'oiisensitized material and protective material connectedby} oblique splices, slit ting the resulting "strip'longitudinally and V severing each 'lengthfof protective material at an intermediate point. r I .lntlie process of manufacturing photographic film cartridges each comprising a st-rip of film 'vvith lead and tail strips; the

ste'os o't cuttin 'lat an obli nejan le lon l V i z:

fide strip of-film atintervals, cntting at. the 'same'obliqueangle along str'ipiof protective material or the same idth at, intervals,-

uniting the lengths thus obtained to forma fie cartridges that comprises severing a long W de; strip; of sensit zed film at intervals single long strip having alternate lengths of" film and protective material connected by obliquesplioes, splitting the resulting strip longitudinally to form narrow StilP S -pfl foratiiw the narrowjstriisi'and "severin i t) 7 t) ot'filni' with perforated lead. and-tail strips and coiling the individual lengthslinto. phom 'tographic cartridges.

Signed at Rochester, NeivYork this "30th- 'each length of protective material at an in{ termediate point to form individual lengths each comprising a perforated narrow strip. 

